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Update on Lubna Hussein at Save Darfur’s Blog

Sean Brooks Uncategorized 2009-09-11

Check out my update over at Save Darfur about Lubna’s case and what might happen next…

After being sentenced to jail on Monday for refusing to pay her $200 fine for violating Sudan’s indecency laws by wearing trousers in public, Lubna Hussein has now been freed. Bec Hamilton in a piece at Foreign Policy explains that the head of the Sudanese Journalists’ Association (SJA) paid Lubna’s fine, but…

Address: http://www.seanbrooks.net/2009/09/update-on-lubna-hussein-at-save-darfurs-blog/

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